diff --git a/ShareX.HelpersLib/Extensions/Extensions.cs b/ShareX.HelpersLib/Extensions/Extensions.cs
index 10af0a847..55b7f49bc 100644
--- a/ShareX.HelpersLib/Extensions/Extensions.cs
+++ b/ShareX.HelpersLib/Extensions/Extensions.cs
@@ -359,18 +359,21 @@ public static void InvokeSafe(this Control control, Action action)
 
         public static void ForceActivate(this Form form)
         {
-            if (!form.Visible)
+            if (!form.IsDisposed)
             {
-                form.Show();
-            }
+                if (!form.Visible)
+                {
+                    form.Show();
+                }
 
-            if (form.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
-            {
-                form.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
-            }
+                if (form.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
+                {
+                    form.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
+                }
 
-            form.BringToFront();
-            form.Activate();
+                form.BringToFront();
+                form.Activate();
+            }
         }
 
         public static int WeekOfYear(this DateTime dateTime)
diff --git a/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs b/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
index 13265e723..01a873cc0 100644
--- a/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
+++ b/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ private void tsmiTextCapture_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
             try
             {
-                TaskHelpers.OCRImage().RunSynchronously();
+                _ = TaskHelpers.OCRImage();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -1842,9 +1842,16 @@ private void tsmiTrayLastRegion_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             new CaptureLastRegion().Capture();
         }
 
-        private void tsmiTrayTextCapture_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private async void tsmiTrayTextCapture_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            TaskHelpers.OCRImage().RunSynchronously();
+            try
+            {
+                await TaskHelpers.OCRImage();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                DebugHelper.WriteException(ex);
+            }
         }
 
         private void tsmiTrayToggleHotkeys_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -2094,9 +2101,9 @@ private void tsmiShowQRCode_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             uim.ShowQRCode();
         }
 
-        private void tsmiOCRImage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private async void tsmiOCRImage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            uim.OCRImage();
+            await uim.OCRImage();
         }
 
         private void tsmiCombineImages_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/ShareX/TaskHelpers.cs b/ShareX/TaskHelpers.cs
index 099e9c7ee..391a5455b 100644
--- a/ShareX/TaskHelpers.cs
+++ b/ShareX/TaskHelpers.cs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public static void ExecuteJob(TaskSettings taskSettings, HotkeyType job, CLIComm
                     OpenWebpageCapture(safeTaskSettings);
                     break;
                 case HotkeyType.TextCapture:
-                    OCRImage(safeTaskSettings).RunSynchronously();
+                    _ = OCRImage(safeTaskSettings);
                     break;
                 case HotkeyType.AutoCapture:
                     OpenAutoCapture(safeTaskSettings);
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ public static async Task OCRImage(string filePath, TaskSettings taskSettings = n
             }
         }
 
-        public static async Task OCRImage(Stream stream, string fileName, string filePath = null, TaskSettings taskSettings = null)
+        private static async Task OCRImage(Stream stream, string fileName, string filePath = null, TaskSettings taskSettings = null)
         {
             if (stream != null)
             {
diff --git a/ShareX/UploadInfoManager.cs b/ShareX/UploadInfoManager.cs
index 7c2991d91..fd2177ce6 100644
--- a/ShareX/UploadInfoManager.cs
+++ b/ShareX/UploadInfoManager.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace ShareX
@@ -362,9 +363,9 @@ public void ShowQRCode()
             if (IsItemSelected && SelectedItem.IsURLExist) new QRCodeForm(SelectedItem.Info.Result.URL).Show();
         }
 
-        public void OCRImage()
+        public async Task OCRImage()
         {
-            if (IsItemSelected && SelectedItem.IsImageFile) TaskHelpers.OCRImage(SelectedItem.Info.FilePath).RunSynchronously();
+            if (IsItemSelected && SelectedItem.IsImageFile) await TaskHelpers.OCRImage(SelectedItem.Info.FilePath);
         }
 
         public void CombineImages()
diff --git a/ShareX/WorkerTask.cs b/ShareX/WorkerTask.cs
index ccde013ae..51b7b1ed1 100644
--- a/ShareX/WorkerTask.cs
+++ b/ShareX/WorkerTask.cs
@@ -1007,9 +1007,9 @@ private bool DownloadFromURL(bool upload)
 
         private void DoOCR()
         {
-            if (Data != null && Info.DataType == EDataType.Image)
+            if (Image != null && Info.DataType == EDataType.Image)
             {
-                TaskHelpers.OCRImage(Data, Info.FileName, Info.FilePath, Info.TaskSettings).RunSynchronously();
+                _ = TaskHelpers.OCRImage(Image, Info.TaskSettings);
             }
         }